At a meeting held in Glenelg Town Hall on March 20 1920, the Glenelg Football Club as we know it was formed. An application was made to join the South Australian Football Association which allowed Glenelg’s admission on probation in the B-grade competition in 1920, with admission to the SAFL in 1921.

During the war years Glenelg combined with West Adelaide Football Club.
This way, with so many young men away fighting in the war, they could be sure of having enough players to field a team.

The first Glenelg Captain was Jack Hanley.

Glenelg’s first Magarey Medal was won by H.H. Handby in 1928.

In 1973, Glenelg won the last Grand Final played on Adelaide Oval.

Glenelg have won 4 premierships since 1897 – 1934, 1973, 1985 and 1986.